Shloka 6
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
गोचरेभ्यो निवृत्तानि यदा स्थास्यन्ति वेश्मनि । तदा त्वमात्मना55त्मानं पर द्रक्ष्यसि शाश्वतम्
gocarebhyo nivṛttāni yadā sthāsyanti veśmani | tadā tvam ātmanātmānaṃ paraṃ drakṣyasi śāśvatam ||
Vyāsa said: When the senses withdraw from their roaming among objects and come to rest in their own proper seat, then you will, by your own inner self, behold the Supreme, the Eternal.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that realization of the Eternal Supreme becomes possible when the senses withdraw from external objects and become inwardly established; inner vision arises from disciplined self-mastery and recollection of the Self.
Vyāsa is instructing the listener in a yogic-ethical method: turning the senses back from their outward pursuits and stabilizing them in their proper inner seat, which culminates in direct perception of the Supreme, eternal reality.